Buckle.



W. KOPS.

BUCKLE. APPLICATION FILEDSEPLZT. 1912.

Patented May 11, 1915.

INVENTOR ATTORNEYS WITNESSES THE NORRIS PETERS CO.. PHOTO-LITHQ. WASHINGTON, D. Q

WALDEMAR KOPS, on NEW roan, n. Y., essrsivon TO KGPS BROTHERS, on NEW YORK, N. Y., A FIRM.

BUCKLE.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patgnted May 11, 1915 Application filed September 27, 1912. Serial No. 722,593.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WALDEMAR Kors, a citizen of the United States, residing in the borough of Manhattan, city, county, and State of New York, have invented an Improvement in Buckles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improvement in buckles for connecting parts of elastic webbing or other similar flexible material commonly employed in connection with hose supporters, suspenders, belts, and other analogous articles, in which an adjustable clamp is employed.

The buckle made in accordance with my present invention, as is also the case with the buckle shown and described in my copendingapplication, Serial No. 701,714, is stamped up from a single or unitary piece of sheet metal, the object being to provide a buckle of simple construction, one which is easily and cheaply manufactured, and in which the grip is efi'ected frictionally in contra-distinction to the positive grip made by the teeth or serrated edges of the gripping members being employed. These buckles preferably have end members bent to an inverted U-shaped configuration and obverse and reverse side members to which the webbing is secured, and over and between which the webbing is also passed and threaded. In this particular class of buckles, and in the particular form shown in Figures 1 to l, inclusive, of my aforesaid copending application, the parts of the inverted U-shaped end members have a tendency, if undue strain is put upon the same, to spread, and for this'reason it is necessary to make some provision for connecting the otherwise free ends of these inverted U-shaped members, as is shown in Figs. 5 to 8, inclusive, of the aforesaid application when the buckle was to be used in such a manner as to be subject to undue strains.

The particular object of the present invention is to so form the buckle as to entirely dispense with these members for connecting the free ends of the inverted U-shaped end members, and at the same time provide a buckle, the inverted U-shaped end members of which will not spread under any strain to which the buckle may be subjected.

In carrying out my invention, the buckle made in accordance therewith preferably comprises inverted U-shaped end members, a curved or rounded end member extending between the curved portions of the end members, and obverse and reverse members eX- tending between the other portions of the inverted U-shaped portions, these obverse and reverse members being adapted to receive the fabric or other flexible material employed in connection with the buckle and one of the edges of the curved or rounded member serving as a gripping edge to prevent the fabric from slipping, as will be hereinafter more particularly described.

In the drawing, Fig. 1 is a plan of a metal blank, after the same has been stamped, and from which my improved buckle is shaped. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of a hose supporter, showing the application of the buckle. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the same, and Fig. 1 is an enlarged perspective view .showing the front of the face of the buckle after the same has been shaped.

Referring particularly to the drawing, the buckle made in accordance with my invention, and as hereinbefore stated, is stamped up from a single piece of sheet metal and the parts, after being so stamped, and as indicated in Fig. 1, wherein the stamped blank 10 is illustrated, preferably comprises end members 11 and 12, a reverse side attaching member 13 at one end, an obverse side member 1 1 at the opposite end,

' and intermediate obverse side members 15 and 16 with the respective intervening slots 17, 18 and19.

After the blank has been stamped .up, as shown in Fig. 1, the parts thereof are shaped to the configuration as illustrated in Fig. 4. That is to say, the end members 11 and 12 are turned substantially at right angles to the obverse and reverse members on the dotted lines, and the transverse stiffening member 15, which forms the top member and is curved or rounded so as to be substantially semi-circular in cross section, the adjacent portions of the side members 11 and 12 being correspondingly curved so that the edges thereof come into contact with one another, or approximately so, as indicated in Fig. 4:. It will also be understood, as shown in Fig. 4, that the sides of this rounded top member may be extended so that the same is inverted U-shaped in cross section.

In the use of the buckle, as hereinbefore described, and in connection with hose supporters, with which I have illustrated its use, an elastic webbing 20 may be employed. In such use, one end of the webbing 20 is threaded through the slot 17 and passed over the reverse side member 13 and secured to the same by the adjacent parts of the web being sewed together, as indicated by the line of sewing at 21. The webbing is then threaded through the eye 22 of the clasp 23, which may be used as a hose supporter, the free end of the webbing 24E being then threaded under the obverse side member 14:, through the slot 19 over the outer surface of the obverse side member 16, through the slot 18 and through the slot 17, and turned in the opposite direction away from the buckle, to be connected to a corset or other article of apparel, in which use, as will be apparent, the edge 25 of the rounded top member 15 forms a gripping edge to prevent the fabric from slipping. It will also be apparent that with a buckle constructed as hereinbefore described, the application of tension to the fabric employed with the buckle tends to force the inverted U-shaped end members together rather than to separate the same, and for this reason with this buckle it is possible to dispense entirely with any means or devices for positively connecting the free ends of the inverted U-shaped end members together.

By reference to Fig. 3, it will be seen that another advantage of constructing and employing the buckle, as described in the fore- I gomg specification, is that no part of the metallic frame thereof can possibly come into contact with the body of the wearer, and hence no moisture from the body can accumulate on the buckle, making the same substantially rustproof. It will now be apparent from this figure, that the fabric or webbing employed with the buckle is the only part of the supporter which may possibly come in contact with the body of the wearer.

I claim as my invention:

1. A buckle made from an integral blank comprising inverted U-shaped end members, a rounded top member extending at right angles between the rounded portions of the said end members, a reverse side member to which one end of a fabric employed with the buckle is to be attached and which extends between the corresponding parts of the said inverted U-shaped end members, an obverse side member extending between the other parts of the said inverted U-shaped end members, and an obverse side member intermediate of the aforesaid obverse side member and the adjacent portion of the said top member, the fabric employed with the buckle being adapted to be passed under the first aforesaid obverse side member over the intermediate obverse side member and under the said top member, the rear edge of which is adapted to grip the same when in use.

2. A buckle comprising the following integral parts, inverted U-shaped end members, a rounded top member extending at right angles between the rounded portions of the end members, the edge of the said rounded top member at the rear of the buckle forming a gripping edge, a reverse side member extending between the corresponding end members at the rear of the buckle, and which is adapted to have connected thereto the fabric employed with the buckle and obverse side members extending between the other end members at the front of the buckle and which obverse members are adapted to have threaded between them the fabric employed with the buckle.

3. A buckle comprising the following integral parts, inverted 'U-shaped end members, a rounded top member extending at right angles between the rounded portions of the end members, an edge of the said rounded top member at the rear of the buckle forming a gripping edge, a reverse side member extending between the corresponding end members at the rear of the buckle, obverse side members extending between the other end members at the front of the buckle, and a fabric or webbing attached to the said reverse side member and extending beneath and between the said obverse side members, and also beneath the edges of the said rounded top member in the use of the buckle.

Signed by me this 23 day of September,

WALDEMAR KOPS. Witnesses:

ARTHUR H. SERRELL, BERTHA M. ALLEN.

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